Sara Blakely: How She Built SPANX from the Ground Up

Sara Blakely: How She Built SPANX from the Ground Up

Published: September 24, 2026

Duration: 8:47

Tony had the pleasure of speaking with Sara Blakely at his Business Mastery event in Palm Beach. She’s the founder of shapewear company SPANX, and in 2012 – at just 41 year old – she became the first female in the world to become a billionaire, on her own, without the help of an inheritance or spouse. Sara’s story is incredible. She went from failing the L-SAT, to being a greeter at Disney World, to selling fax machines door to door, to turning $5,000 of her own savings into a billion dollar empire. But what you may not have heard before is everything in betwe...